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“Labour didn't want a Referendum and now they want to ignore the outcome. If Labour cannot trust the public then no one should put their trust in Labour.

“Whether it's Jeremy Corbyn or Owen Smith, Labour are too divided and out of touch to make a success of Brexit."

Outlining his position exactly two months after the outcome of the historic vote was announced, Mr Smith warned "Labour won't give the Tories a blank cheque".

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Smith is currently going head-to-head with current Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn for his job

He hit out at comments made by Mr Corbyn on the morning of the EU referendum result calling for Article 50 to be invoked immediately.

Theresa May says that 'Brexit means Brexit' - but nobody knows what Brexit looks like

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The Labour leader has since backtracked and insisted he misspoke.

Mr Smith also repeated the widely ridiculed claim that the Leave campaign had “lied" during the Referendum and ignored the false claims in the Remain campaign's Project Fear including that there would be a punishment Budget with £30 billion of cuts if voters backed Brexit.

Owen Smith has said he hopes Jeremy will 'support' him over the Article 50 row

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The MP caused controversy preciously saying he wanted to 'smash' Theresa May 'back on her heels'

"It could involve trashing workers' rights and environmental protections, opening our NHS up to foreign competition, making it harder for us to trade with our neighbours and damaging our economy."

He added: "I'm a passionate pro-European and I will fight tooth and nail to keep us in the EU.

"Under my leadership, Labour won't give the Tories a blank cheque. We will vote in Parliament to block any attempt to invoke Article 50 until Theresa May commits to a second referendum or a general election on whatever EU exit deal emerges at the end of the process. I hope Jeremy will support me in such a move."